You Be the Coder:
Capture Full Picture With Infection Coding
Published on Tue Jun 13, 2023
Question: Is there an ICD-10-CM code for a systemic Bacillus Calmette- Guerin (BCG) infection? My urologist calls this condition “BCG-osis.” In this specific case, the patient had a BCG instillation to treat transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. The original diagnosis code reported for the BCG encounter was C67.9 (Malignant neoplasm of bladder, unspecified). Several weeks later the patient returned [...]